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The Life and Times of Louis Lomax

Author : Thomas Aiello
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 147801315X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Louis Lomax written by Thomas Aiello and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syndicated television and radio host. Serial liar. Pioneering journalist. Convicted criminal. Close ally of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Publicity-seeking provocateur. Louis Lomax's life was a study in contradiction. In this biography, Thomas Aiello traces the complicated and fascinating arc of Lomax's life and career, showing how the contradictions, tumult, and inconsistencies that marked his life reflected those of 1960s America. Aiello takes readers from Lomax's childhood in the Deep South to his early confidence schemes to his emergence as one of the loudest and most influential voices of the civil rights movement. Regardless of what political position he happened to take at any given moment, Lomax preached “the art of deliberate disunity,” in which the path to democracy could only be achieved through a diversity of opinions. Engaging and broad in scope, The Life and Times of Louis Lomax is the definitive study of one of the civil rights era's most complicated, important, and overlooked figures.

When the Word is Given

Author : Louis E. Lomax
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book When the Word is Given written by Louis E. Lomax and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the Word is Given" by Louis E. Lomax. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

When the Word is Given-- : a Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim World

Author : Louis E. Lomax
Publisher : New American Library of Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book When the Word is Given-- : a Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim World written by Louis E. Lomax and published by New American Library of Canada. This book was released on 1964 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mister Jelly Roll

Author : Alan Lomax
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520225305
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Mister Jelly Roll written by Alan Lomax and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-12-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, one of the world's most influential composers of jazz.

The Grapevine of the Black South

Author : Thomas Aiello
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820354473
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Grapevine of the Black South written by Thomas Aiello and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1928, William Alexander Scott began a small four-page weekly with the help of his brother Cornelius. In 1930 his Atlanta World became a semiweekly, and the following year W. A. began to implement his vision for a massive newspaper chain based out of Atlanta: the Southern Newspaper Syndicate, later dubbed the Scott Newspaper Syndicate. In April 1931 the World had become a triweekly, and its reach began drifting beyond the South. With The Grapevine of the Black South, Thomas Aiello offers the first critical history of this influential newspaper syndicate, from its roots in the 1930s through its end in the 1950s. At its heyday, more than 240 papers were associated with the Syndicate, making it one of the biggest organs of the black press during the period leading up to the classic civil rights era (1955–68). In the generation that followed, the Syndicate helped formalize knowledge among the African American population in the South. As the civil rights movement exploded throughout the region, black southerners found a collective identity in that struggle built on the commonality of the news and the subsequent interpretation of that news. Or as Gunnar Myrdal explained, the press was “the chief agency of group control. It [told] the individual how he should think and feel as an American Negro and create[d] a tremendous power of suggestion by implying that all other Negroes think and feel in this manner.” It didn’t create a complete homogeneity in black southern thinking, but it gave thinkers a similar set of tools from which to draw.

The Reluctant African

Author : Louis Emanuel Lomax
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258212179
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Reluctant African written by Louis Emanuel Lomax and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Before Jackie Robinson

Author : Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803296703
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Before Jackie Robinson written by Gerald R. Gems and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the accomplishments and influence of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali are doubtless impressive solely on their merits, these luminaries of the Black sporting experience did not emerge spontaneously. Their rise was part of a gradual evolution in social and power relations in American culture between the 1890s and 1940s that included athletes such as jockey Isaac Murphy, barnstorming pilot Bessie Coleman, and golfer Teddy Rhodes. The contributions of these early athletes to our broader collective history, and their heroic confrontations with the entrenched racism of their times, helped bring about the incremental changes that after 1945 allowed for sports to be more fully integrated. Before Jackie Robinson details and analyzes the lives of these lesser-known but important athletes within the broader history of Black liberation. These figures not only excelled in their given sports but also transcended class and racial divides in making inroads into popular culture despite the societal restrictions placed on them. They were also among the first athletes to blur the line between athletics, entertainment, and celebrity culture. This volume presents a more nuanced account of early Black American athletes’ lives and their ongoing struggle for acceptance, relevance, and personal and group identity.

The Sword and the Shield

Author : Peniel E. Joseph
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541617851
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book The Sword and the Shield written by Peniel E. Joseph and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders. To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While nonviolent direct action is remembered as an unassailable part of American democracy, the movement's militancy is either vilified or erased outright. In The Sword and the Shield, Peniel E. Joseph upends these misconceptions and reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define.

Chasing the Rising Sun

Author : Ted Anthony
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416539301
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Chasing the Rising Sun written by Ted Anthony and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-07-13 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chasing the Rising Sun is the story of an American musical journey told by a prize-winning writer who traced one song in its many incarnations as it was carried across the world by some of the most famous singers of the twentieth century. Most people know the song "House of the Rising Sun" as 1960s rock by the British Invasion group the Animals, a ballad about a place in New Orleans -- a whorehouse or a prison or gambling joint that's been the ruin of many poor girls or boys. Bob Dylan did a version and Frijid Pink cut a hard-rocking rendition. But that barely scratches the surface; few songs have traveled a journey as intricate as "House of the Rising Sun." The rise of the song in this country and the launch of its world travels can be traced to Georgia Turner, a poor, sixteen-year-old daughter of a miner living in Middlesboro, Kentucky, in 1937 when the young folk-music collector Alan Lomax, on a trip collecting field recordings, captured her voice singing "The Rising Sun Blues." Lomax deposited the song in the Library of Congress and included it in the 1941 book Our Singing Country. In short order, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, and Josh White learned the song and each recorded it. From there it began to move to the planet's farthest corners. Today, hundreds of artists have recorded "House of the Rising Sun," and it can be heard in the most diverse of places -- Chinese karaoke bars, Gatorade ads, and as a ring tone on cell phones. Anthony began his search in New Orleans, where he met Eric Burdon of the Animals. He traveled to the Appalachians -- to eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina -- to scour the mountains for the song's beginnings. He found Homer Callahan, who learned it in the mountains during a corn shucking; he discovered connections to Clarence "Tom" Ashley, who traveled as a performer in a 1920s medicine show. He went to Daisy, Kentucky, to visit the family of the late high-lonesome singer Roscoe Holcomb, and finally back to Bourbon Street to see if there really was a House of the Rising Sun. He interviewed scores of singers who performed the song. Through his own journey he discovered how American traditions survived and prospered -- and how a piece of culture moves through the modern world, propelled by technology and globalization and recorded sound.

About Chekhov

Author : Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810123886
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book About Chekhov written by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven years after the death of Anton Chekhov, his sister, Maria, wrote to a friend, "You asked for someone who could write a biography of my deceased brother. If you recall, I recommended Iv. Al. Bunin . . . . No one writes better than he; he knew and understood my deceased brother very well; he can go about the endeavor objectively. . . . I repeat, I would very much like this biography to correspond to reality and that it be written by I.A. Bunin." In About Chekhov Ivan Bunin sought to free the writer from limiting political, social, and aesthetic assessments of his life and work, and to present both in a more genuine, insightful, and personal way. Editor and translator Thomas Gaiton Marullo subtitles About Chekhov "The Unfinished Symphony," because although Bunin did not complete the work before his death in 1953, he nonetheless fashioned his memoir as a moving orchestral work on the writers' existence and art. . . . "Even in its unfinished state, About Chekhov stands not only as a stirring testament of one writer's respect and affection for another, but also as a living memorial to two highly creative artists." Bunin draws on his intimate knowledge of Chekhov to depict the writer at work, in love, and in relation with such writers as Tolstoy and Gorky. Through anecdotes and observations, spirited exchanges and reflections, this memoir draws a unique portrait that plumbs the depths and complexities of two of Russia's greatest writers.

Thelonious Monk

Author : Robin D. G. Kelley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439190461
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Thelonious Monk written by Robin D. G. Kelley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full biography of Thelonious Monk, written by a brilliant historian, with full access to the family's archives and with dozens of interviews.

Terminal

Author : Marshall Karp
Publisher : Mesa Films, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1736379291
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Terminal written by Marshall Karp and published by Mesa Films, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've never met irreverent LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs, Terminal is the perfect place to start. The duo faces their most challenging case ever—find the person who is recruiting terminally ill patients to commit murder. Laced with twists, turns, and author Marshall Karp's trademark biting cop humor, Terminal is the latest book in the acclaimed Lomax and Biggs Mysteries series.

The Land where the Blues Began

Author : Alan Lomax
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780385312851
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book The Land where the Blues Began written by Alan Lomax and published by . This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, this mususical and cultural exploration of the rich, sorrow-laden birth of the blues is an intimate and respectful look at an integral part of African American culture--a master work that has been 60 years in the making. Photos.

The Kings of Casino Park

Author : Thomas Aiello
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817317422
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Kings of Casino Park written by Thomas Aiello and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2011-08-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s, Monroe, Louisiana, was a town of twenty-six thousand in the northeastern corner of the state, an area described by the New Orleans Item as the “lynch law center of Louisiana.” race relations were bad, and the Depression was pitiless for most, especially for the working class—a great many of whom had no work at all or seasonal work at best. Yet for a few years in the early 1930s, this unlikely spot was home to the Monarchs, a national-caliber Negro League baseball team. Crowds of black and white fans eagerly filled their segregated grandstand seats to see the players who would become the only World Series team Louisiana would ever generate, and the first from the American South. By 1932, the team had as good a claim to the national baseball championship of black America as any other. Partisans claim, with merit, that league officials awarded the National Championship to the Chicago American Giants in flagrant violation of the league’s own rules: times were hard and more people would pay to see a Chicago team than an outfit from the Louisiana back country. Black newspapers in the South rallied to support Monroe’s cause, railing against the league and the bias of black newspapers in the North, but the decision, unfair though it may have been, was also the only financially feasible option for the league’s besieged leadership, who were struggling to maintain a black baseball league in the midst of the Great Depression. Aiello addresses long-held misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the Monarchs’ 1932 season. He tells the almost-unknown story of the team—its time, its fortunes, its hometown—and positions black baseball in the context of American racial discrimination. He illuminates the culture-changing power of a baseball team and the importance of sport in cultural and social history.

Jelly's Blues

Author : Howard Reich
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0786741767
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Jelly's Blues written by Howard Reich and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jelly's Blues vividly recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), born Ferdinand Joseph Lamonthe to a large, extended family in New Orleans. A virtuoso pianist with a larger-than-life personality, he composed such influential early jazz pieces as "Kansas City Stomp" and "New Orleans Blues." But by the late 1930s, Jelly Roll Morton was nearly forgotten as a visionary jazz composer. Instead, he was caricatured as a braggart, a hustler, and, worst of all, a has-been. He was ridiculed by the white popular press and robbed of due royalties by unscrupulous music publishers. His reputation at rock bottom, Jelly Roll Morton seemed destined to be remembered more as a flamboyant, diamond-toothed rounder than as the brilliant architect of that new American musical idiom: Jazz.In 1992, the death of a New Orleans memorabilia collector unearthed a startling archive. Here were unknown later compositions as well as correspondence, court and copyright records, all detailing Morton's struggle to salvage his reputation, recover lost royalties, and protect the publishing rights of black musicians. Morton was a much more complex and passionate man than many had realized, fiercely dedicated to his art and possessing an unwavering belief in his own genius, even as he toiled in poverty and obscurity. An especially immediate and visceral look into the jazz worlds of New Orleans and Chicago, Jelly's Blues is the definitive biography of a jazz icon, and a long overdue look at one of the twentieth century's most important composers.

FERVENT MIND

Author : PETER. MAIN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780992916060
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book FERVENT MIND written by PETER. MAIN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Powers That Be

Author : David Halberstam
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453286098
Total Pages : 1431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Powers That Be written by David Halberstam and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 1431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize winner’s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. In this fascinating New York Times bestseller, the author of The Best and the Brightest, The Fifties, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century. Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, David Halberstam paints a portrait of the era when large, powerful mainstream media sources emerged as a force, showing how they shifted from simply reporting the news to becoming a part of it. By examining landmark events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s masterful use of the radio and the unprecedented coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam demonstrates how print and broadcast media as a whole became a player in society and helped shape public policy. Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the Seattle Times as “a monumental X-ray study of power,” The Powers That Be reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.